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Scrub Typhus
Scrub Typhus cases rise in Sundargarh as 11 new cases reported in single day

he mite-borne bacterial disease has been on a steady rise in western Odisha, triggering concerns.

  • Sunday, 17 Sep 2023
Martyr Anil Tappo & His Wife
27 years on, Odisha martyr family’s wait for govt aid seems unending

Tappo, a resident of Chutiatola village under Sundargarh’s Kuanramunda block, had joined CISF just seven years back when his bullet-riddled body returned to his village. His son, Sandeep Tappo was just 18 months old.

  • Saturday, 19 Aug 2023
Landmine recovered
Train in target of Naxals? Landmine recovered near tracks in Odisha’s Sundargarh

The landmine was recovered during a search operation by police and DVF. Later, the explosive was defused by the bomb squad.

Elephant Menace
Elephants unleash terror in Bonai; damage houses, property

The Forest department officials are trying to drive away the wild tuskers from human settlements.

  • Tuesday, 08 Aug 2023
Kidnapping Case
School teacher abducted for Rs 1 lakh ransom rescued in Sundargarh; narrates ordeal

At gunpoint, the miscreants made him call his wife and demand Rs 1 lakh as ransom.

  • Tuesday, 08 Aug 2023
Home remedy claims snakebite victim’s life in Odisha 
Home remedy claims snakebite victim’s life in Odisha 

Family members said they couldn’t take him to the hospital as it was raining and the road from where they can get vehicles for the hospital is also not within walking distance from their house. This apart, elephants were on the prowl in the locality on that fateful night. 

Lady postmaster murder case cracked
Odisha lady postmaster's murder cracked; boyfriend held for stabbing victim multiple times over love dispute

Senior police officials said that both the deceased lady postmaster Snigdha Pradhan and Nayan were in a relationship. However, Nayan stabbed Snigdha to death multiple times using a knife.

Octogenarian walks miles on ghat road for allowance
No end to plight of elderly pensioners! Octogenarian walks miles on ghat road for allowance

In a glaring example of such apathy, one Bari Dehuri of Toda village under Kalta Panchayat in Sundargarh district, who is in her 80s, has to walk at least four kilometers through ghat roads every month to collect her pension.

Concrete Fallen From Roof Of 5T School
Close shave for students as concrete falls off roof in 5T school

As per reports, the school was transformed just eight months back under the 5T initiative of the Odisha government. However, it is alleged that the contractor and officials resorted to corruption as indicated by the falling concrete from the roof.

  • Wednesday, 05 Jul 2023
Prashant Rout Brought To Vigilance Court In Sundargarh
Former Addl Sub-Collector Prashant Rout sent to jail after remand ends

As per reports, the Vigilance team has unearthed more assets disproportionate to Rout’s known sources of income. The Vigilance has reportedly found six benami bank accounts, deposits of Rs 1.2 crore, and two benami plots in Bhadrak and Bhubaneswar.

  • Monday, 03 Jul 2023
Bride Who Called Off Marriage On Mandap
Bride calls off wedding over groom’s ‘no mutton no marriage’ demand on mandap

The bizarre incident was reported from the bride's house located in Dhama area of Sambalpur district. The groom is a native of Sambalpur.

Arrested Rural Works Asst Engineer
Odisha Asst Engineer arrested in disproportionate assets case

As per the Vigilance, Behera has been forwarded to the court of the Special Judge, Vigilance in Sundargarh for possession of disproportionate assets, which he could not account for satisfactorily.

  • Wednesday, 07 Jun 2023
Vigilance sleuths raid on assistant engineer’s properties in DA case 
Vigilance sleuths raid on assistant engineer’s properties in DA case 

The raids on the assistant engineer’s properties were conducted on the strength of the search warrants issued by the Special Judge of Sundargarh Vigilance Department.

Heatwaves can turn fatal for kids, pregnant women, elderly
Heatwave alert: Sultry days in Odisha from today as mercury to hit 45 deg in these districts, yellow warning issued

Taking the rise in temperature into consideration, the MeT office has issued yellow warning for heatwave for Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur and Sonepur districts today.

Dumper Truck Overturns After Running Over Three
Thief, two pursuers run over by dumper truck in Sundargarh

Three persons including a suspected thief and two employees of a road construction company died after getting hit by a dumper truck on Monday night near Bileimundia under Sundargarh’s Hemagiri police limits.

  • Tuesday, 02 May 2023
34 girl students fall ill after consuming 'pakhala;' hospitalized; heat wave and contamination blamed 
34 girl students fall ill after consuming 'pakhala;' hospitalized; heat wave and contamination blamed 

The girls first complained of stomach pain. Later, they had bouts of vomiting and diarrhoea. The school authorities immediately shifted the students in an ambulance to K Balang government hospital.

Koida BDO
Koida BDO Pallabi Rani Raj transferred to Sambalpur amid allegations of misutilisation of funds

A few days back, the OAS officer had filed a police complaint against her father Ramesh Chandra and brother Sangram Kumar alleging assault.

Goat trader shot dead by bike-borne miscreants, Rs 9 lakh looted in Odisha 
Goat trader shot dead by bike-borne miscreants, Rs 9 lakh looted in Odisha 

The miscreants riding on a numberless bike fled the spot after snatching Rs 9 lakh from the trio. 

  • Thursday, 13 Apr 2023
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Bonai Forest dept office
Odisha sees two elephant deaths due to electrocution in 24 hours

While a female jumbo died at Ulusura reserve forest under Jarada range in Sundargarh district, another tusker succumbed after coming in contact with a live wire fence laid for poaching wild boar in Binika, earlier on Tuesday.

2 dead, 4 critical as poclain crashes into SUV in Sundargarh coal mine
2 dead, 4 critical as poclain crashes into SUV in Sundargarh coal mine

The deceased have been identified as Jagdish Oram and Umakant Patel. While Oram used to work as a shift-in-charge, Patel was a machine operator in the mines.